My rich aunt drove up to our house in one of these in '58...breathtaking styling. Hers was a ragtop in silver with blood red upholstery...I'll never forget it.
Watching your aunts car drive up must have looked like the gates of heaven were opening up. What a stunning car. To think that in 20 short years the 1978 models were laden with plastic and fake wood.
I am very familiar with the most common Buicks of that era. My Dad owned a couple of them. I saw one of these for the first time a couple of years ago and I was utterly gobsmacked. I didn't even know it was a Buick but I was so struck by it that my wife and I followed it almost all the way to it's home. It looked to be immaculate. I didn't find out what I had been looking at till we got home and I started searching on the internet. What an absolutely gorgeous car. I think it was the best of the mid to late 50s.
Great video. My grandparents bought a white with red interior ‘58 Limited 2-door and drove it from the Flint, MI factory back to Pasadena, CA. My grandparents would never buy a Cadillac and always drove Buicks. Their last was a ‘75 Electra 2-door.
They had already gotten lower, wider, and longer before 1959, compared to earlier years. But yes, they did get even lower, even wider, and probably even longer in 1959.
Imagine purchasing this car new and bringing it home what a feeling of pride and happiness just looking at it in your driveway, today everything is through away plastic junk
I just recently found out what this car is. As a young boy riding with dad in his car I saw one of these parked in the yard of a farm. It was all rusted out and sitting on the ground but the chrome front still glistened in the light when you drove by. That was 45 years ago. Then two weeks ago I saw that “grill” on an old Perry Mason episode and found out that it was a Buick. Glad to see one in color.
Those of us fortunate enough to have grown up in the 1950's knew everything there was to know about any car from seeing the taillight, or the horn ring, or the headlight, or the seat trim, or the fender trim.............. The dealership's windows were covered with brown paper until the advertised date when the new models would be revealed to the public.
Stunning Bill Mitchell design. The front grill no doubt one of the most complicated of the era. Would’ve loved a peak under the hood but not complaining and appreciated the walk around this gorgeous car.
The height of Harley Earl's stylish excess 1950's! Chrome was king! The 1953 Skylark is my favorite Buick, but the '58 Limited's have gained some ground!
Judging by the license plates I can see, if I'm not very much mistaken, this car show was filmed in Sweden. I was there a few years ago, and drive quite a lot of miles criss-crossing the country and was amazed at how many older (i.e. 1950's) American cars I saw there
We wrote one last night outside the mini mart. Morris called it "Stuart Drives A Comfortable Car" and then like in country songs, you know, in parentheses it says "There's Usually Someone in the Trunk." And, and um, I came up with a tune just a hummin'.
This video was definitely worth the wait. This 1958 Limited is stunning inside & out & is a gorgeous example of fifties excessive use of chrome!!! Once again your video is exemplary & well researched. I didn't know that this Buick is so rare!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂
There doesn't seem to be a great quantity of any passenger cars from '58 still around. I noticed in the 70's after seeing and flipping my lid over a '58 Impala, that it seemed one of a kind. '58 Ford pickups you run into almost frequently. But '58 cars? Like, ANY car? At least where I live, not too often.
From what I’ve learnt of that years’ issues, there having been a national economic recession that year & the auto manufacturer’s, less Chrysler, in fierce competition over Chrysler’s extreme auto designs that were slated for the ‘57 onward car designs, GM, Ford & what few others still existed, were really trying to “out do” Chrysler…. That “excess” really hurt all of their sales, combined with said recession.
That is one beautiful automobile. That's back when they put styling into the cars. And all the chrome. Today it would cost at least $30K to get all of that chrome redone. I really enjoyed watching this video. Great job!
the "fall of rome" has been gradual throughout my lifetime (born in '63) & somewhat before. I most cherish my childhood memories of my grandpa's Olds & how cool hats and ties were the mode of the day. Sad to say that my daughter & granddaughter will be dealing with trying to restore some class to the world in their lifetimes.
@@danielkatzel895 Oh gosh you were born in the exact year it all just started to fall to bits... Luckily for you the decline was slow for the first few decades. America was almost too good to be true in the fifties, I mean this Buick just proves the point.
@@danielkatzel895 Same sentiment here, born 66”. My grandfather never said to me that He worried about my future. His only regret was that he wouldnt be able to be around for it. With putting man on the moon and the spirit of the Bicentennial the future looked so bright to him. Now I look into my grandchildren’s eyes and feel despair for their future. I want to be wrong.
Stunning work of art. Fun fact... the padding on the dashboard was actually advertised by Buick as a safety feature in the pre-seat belt era. Not sure how much that would have helped in an accident, but it was a nice thought.
I think seat belts might have been available starting in the late 60’s but they certainly weren’t standard in 1958, even on a premium vehicle like this beauty. I suppose when compared to the more common metal dashes of this era, the padded dash was better than nothing, but I agree with you and it didn’t provide much help!
I do remember seeing this car as a kid but those who owned them were Snooty people. Well that was my experience with those that lived in my neighborhood @ the time. My gosh it looks a lot like a 58 Impala & a 58 , or 59 Mercury went @ it & this was the result. yes I'm kidding. 😆 IT looks really luxurious & I love that Bus Steering wheel. ALL the chrome would blind me on a Sunny Day. I just Love land Yachts .. thanks for the vid. hope to see more. 👍
What an amazing and stunning car...I thought I liked the 58 Impala, This Buick is even nicer! All that chrome processing is why the the Cuyahoga River in Ohio ended up on fire!
What beautiful chrome! Back then cars had identity and not like the chrome less, boxes of today. Now to identify a car I usually have to READ the make lettering.
Beautiful car, I believe the 58 oldsmobile had more chrome than the 58 buick, that would be either the super 88 or the 98 for the oldsmobile with all the chrome, not the base model which was the dynamic 88
Interesting that the buyer didn't order factory air conditioning or the Autronic Eye headlight dimmer. My mother had a white '58 Roadmaster with the same color interior and A/C and the other options. Great car!
I remember seeing the Chrysler New Yorker and next to it a Chrysler New Yorker deluxe with like 200 lb more of Chrome on it, sadly it was in the farm field rusted away
My uncle traded in his 54 turquoise and white Chevy Biscayne for a 4 door pillarless 58 Buick ..deep green with a white top . Back then I thought it was over the top and the most ostentatious car I had ever seen until the 59 Cadillac convertible came along ! LOL
The RH "eyebrow" molding above the headlight assembly is broken, and was not welded back together (as they were produced originally). On a restored car?
These big heavy cars with snow tires were pretty good in snow. I swore by old Buicks back in the day before they became too valuable to drive in bad weather.
@@1940limited I had a 1958 Chevy ,. ..that was a beast,....it probably would have run better in the snow but the tires were about shot,....and I didn't at that time have two nickels to rub together to buy new skins,.....those were the days,...
Dukes it out with the new model Edsel. They went deep into the crome bag of tricks to try and trump the newest member of Ford family of fine cars. Originally drawn with far more crome side molding the bean counters cut the supply lines of gleaming metal for practical purposes.
That beauty is in better condition than when it left the showroom. Kudos to the owner for preserving such a work of art.
My rich aunt drove up to our house in one of these in '58...breathtaking styling. Hers was a ragtop in silver with blood red upholstery...I'll never forget it.
Watching your aunts car drive up must have looked like the gates of heaven were opening up. What a stunning car. To think that in 20 short years the 1978 models were laden with plastic and fake wood.
This American masterpiece is a sight to behold as it cruises and sparkles down the road. Just awesome👍
I am very familiar with the most common Buicks of that era. My Dad owned a couple of them. I saw one of these for the first time a couple of years ago and I was utterly gobsmacked. I didn't even know it was a Buick but I was so struck by it that my wife and I followed it almost all the way to it's home. It looked to be immaculate. I didn't find out what I had been looking at till we got home and I started searching on the internet. What an absolutely gorgeous car. I think it was the best of the mid to late 50s.
Stunning piece of art! Love the tower rear lights 😍😍😍
Great video. My grandparents bought a white with red interior ‘58 Limited 2-door and drove it from the Flint, MI factory back to Pasadena, CA. My grandparents would never buy a Cadillac and always drove Buicks. Their last was a ‘75 Electra 2-door.
That is not a car, that is an automobile and an absolute work of art.
My Buick Riviera was a 1965. 425 dual fours automatic. What an amazing car.
The most outrageous GM car from 1958. Restoring and maintaining this land yacht is truly a labor of love!
I learned to drive in a '58 Buick and to this day it is my favorite of all cars.
i bow down to that beauty. Im so happyy somebody take care of that masterpiece
Breath taking color combo on this fine automobile. I think a one year option all gussied up before lower, wider era started in '59
They had already gotten lower, wider, and longer before 1959, compared to earlier years. But yes, they did get even lower, even wider, and probably even longer in 1959.
Imagine purchasing this car new and bringing it home what a feeling of pride and happiness just looking at it in your driveway, today everything is through away plastic junk
I just recently found out what this car is. As a young boy riding with dad in his car I saw one of these parked in the yard of a farm. It was all rusted out and sitting on the ground but the chrome front still glistened in the light when you drove by. That was 45 years ago. Then two weeks ago I saw that “grill” on an old Perry Mason episode and found out that it was a Buick. Glad to see one in color.
Those of us fortunate enough to have grown up in the 1950's knew everything there was to know about any car
from seeing the taillight, or the horn ring, or the headlight, or the seat trim, or the fender trim..............
The dealership's windows were covered with brown paper until the advertised date when the new models would be revealed to the public.
These are real cars in the truest sense of the word 👍. Such cars will never be produced again 😢 .
Stunning Bill Mitchell design. The front grill no doubt one of the most complicated of the era. Would’ve loved a peak under the hood but not complaining and appreciated the walk around this gorgeous car.
It was Harley Earl who did design this car.
@@kurtbergseth103 Yeah Bill Mitchell never designed anything that horrible ....
@@denislesperance852 I can't agree with that. Anyway Harley Earl was my absolute favourite designer
Even more outrageous than a 1959 Cadillac! My lustometer is off the scale!
Beautiful car in great condition. I do not think I have ever seen one of them.
If you ever get a chance to ride in one it's a joy to experience.
The height of Harley Earl's stylish excess 1950's! Chrome was king! The 1953 Skylark is my favorite Buick, but the '58 Limited's have gained some ground!
Perfect beautiful amazing looking car wow just love it beautiful thanks friend have a very nice day
great choice of music too!!!
Judging by the license plates I can see, if I'm not very much mistaken, this car show was filmed in Sweden. I was there a few years ago, and drive quite a lot of miles criss-crossing the country and was amazed at how many older (i.e. 1950's) American cars I saw there
We wrote one last night outside the mini mart. Morris called it "Stuart Drives A Comfortable Car" and then like in country songs, you know, in parentheses it says "There's Usually Someone in the Trunk." And, and um, I came up with a tune just a hummin'.
This video was definitely worth the wait. This 1958 Limited is stunning inside & out & is a gorgeous example of fifties excessive use of chrome!!! Once again your video is exemplary & well researched. I didn't know that this Buick is so rare!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂
There doesn't seem to be a great quantity of any passenger cars from '58 still around.
I noticed in the 70's after seeing and flipping my lid over a '58 Impala, that it seemed one of a kind.
'58 Ford pickups you run into almost frequently. But '58 cars?
Like, ANY car?
At least where I live, not too often.
From what I’ve learnt of that years’ issues, there having been a national economic recession that year & the auto manufacturer’s, less Chrysler, in fierce competition over Chrysler’s extreme auto designs that were slated for the ‘57 onward car designs, GM, Ford & what few others still existed, were really trying to “out do” Chrysler…. That “excess” really hurt all of their sales, combined with said recession.
That is one beautiful automobile. That's back when they put styling into the cars. And all the chrome. Today it would cost at least $30K to get all of that chrome redone. I really enjoyed watching this video. Great job!
Just do it in mexico
My first house didn't cost that!
Just beautiful!👍😊 In an Era when America was at it's Zenith with its cars and culture!
How could a country fall so far in just 60 yrs???🤔😞
the "fall of rome" has been gradual throughout my lifetime (born in '63) & somewhat before. I most cherish my childhood memories of my grandpa's Olds & how cool hats and ties were the mode of the day. Sad to say that my daughter & granddaughter will be dealing with trying to restore some class to the world in their lifetimes.
@@danielkatzel895 Oh gosh you were born in the exact year it all just started to fall to bits... Luckily for you the decline was slow for the first few decades. America was almost too good to be true in the fifties, I mean this Buick just proves the point.
@@danielkatzel895 Same sentiment here, born 66”. My grandfather never said to me that He worried about my future. His only regret was that he wouldnt be able to be around for it. With putting man on the moon and the spirit of the Bicentennial the future looked so bright to him. Now I look into my grandchildren’s eyes and feel despair for their future. I want to be wrong.
Simply stunning!
Stunning work of art. Fun fact... the padding on the dashboard was actually advertised by Buick as a safety feature in the pre-seat belt era. Not sure how much that would have helped in an accident, but it was a nice thought.
I think seat belts might have been available starting in the late 60’s but they certainly weren’t standard in 1958, even on a premium vehicle like this beauty. I suppose when compared to the more common metal dashes of this era, the padded dash was better than nothing, but I agree with you and it didn’t provide much help!
Nash was the first American car to offer seat belts in 1949
As Liberace would say: too much of a good thing is WONDERFUL!
1958 Buick Limited does share the body shell with 2 upper classes with the Roadmaster and Super Series. 2 tone paint is available.
I don't care what any one says, Harley Eral did a beautiful job on the 1958 General Moters car designs. They are beautiful 😍 🤩 👌 ❤️
That looks world class to me man. 👍
What a Piece of Art
A lot of engineering went into one of those works of automotive art.
I do remember seeing this car as a kid but those who owned them were Snooty people. Well that was my experience with those that lived in my neighborhood @ the time. My gosh it looks a lot like a 58 Impala & a 58 , or 59 Mercury went @ it & this was the result.
yes I'm kidding. 😆
IT looks really luxurious & I love that Bus Steering wheel. ALL the chrome would blind me on a Sunny Day. I just Love land Yachts .. thanks for the vid. hope to see more. 👍
As we used to say back in the day this freaking things got more chrome on it then you can shake a stick at bad ass dude American luxury at it’s best 👍
What an amazing and stunning car...I thought I liked the 58 Impala, This Buick is even nicer! All that chrome processing is why the the Cuyahoga River in Ohio ended up on fire!
Always liked these and the grill especially!!
I wanna buy that car. It's by far the best looking style of car I've seen to date.
When Cars Actually Had Style Unlike Today.
Beautiful! Looking at one in Carlbad Black!
This is an Automobile of all Automobiles !!! 🤠
THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY GORGEOUS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE OR WIN THE LOTTERY TO OWN A CAR LIKE THIS ONE
The great car!!! Thank you for nice video.
Just for a change, background music that I absolutely love. :)
Any other color than WHITE would show off the chrome so much better,still very appealing to all senses
Beauty, I have never seen one of these!
أجمل سيارة هي البيوك. تعتبر تحفة فنيه هذه السيارة. الأنيقة. كانت لايقتنيها الا أصحاب الثروة. لأنها كانت غالية جدا.
That’s one Hell of a beauty!
Cheers 🇨🇦
BEAUTIFUL CAR. 💖
Luxury car at it's finest.
What beautiful chrome! Back then cars had identity and not like the chrome less, boxes of today. Now to identify a car I usually have to READ the make lettering.
At the Mpls auto show in 1958 this was one of the cars on elevated turn table , its when I learned the word "OSTENTATIOUS". as dad's comment.
Real wheels and tyres. We have 3 where I live. One 4 doors, one 2 doors like this and one convertible. All in good condition.
Beautiful car, I believe the 58 oldsmobile had more chrome than the 58 buick, that would be either the super 88 or the 98 for the oldsmobile with all the chrome, not the base model which was the dynamic 88
I have to say this Buick is All kinds of ridiculous , what a piece of machinery !!😁👍
Now that's an automobile!
That's so beautiful. Car. Gorgeous. I love it 😀 😍 ❤️ ♥️ 💕 💓
Superb video of an outstanding vehicle
Dashingly beautiful automobile. But how do you get spare parts for it when needed?
Wow! When cars had style!
If you wanted all the bling-bling in the world...you've got it right here!!
Expectacular Buick !! Felicitaciones 👌👌
Beautiful car!!👍😁🛠️
what a pretty car whole lotta chrome a stradivarie car 😁 1 hour driving 12 hours cleaning
Truly the KING 👑
The beauty of this car is indescribable ❤❤❤
Well done video.
I have a dumb question for anyone out there. On the transmission gear indicator, it shows P,R,N,D and G. What does the "G" stand for?
Remember when cars didn't look like Japanese monster movie props, styled by wind tunnels?
Interesting that the buyer didn't order factory air conditioning or the Autronic Eye headlight dimmer. My mother had a white '58 Roadmaster with the same color interior and A/C and the other options. Great car!
Precioso una pieza 👌😍
It's a cool, wild car.
If the Buick is king of chrome. Then the Olds 98 must be the queen! One must hock their house to rechrome those cars.
Totally rad!
I remember seeing the Chrysler New Yorker and next to it a Chrysler New Yorker deluxe with like 200 lb more of Chrome on it, sadly it was in the farm field rusted away
I'm drooling so much right now I'll have to put up a pool fence
Whatever the Americans do which is really bad man these amazing cars are out of this world
1958 best year for cars
Colirio para os olhos 😍🥰🤩🤩🤩🤩
My uncle traded in his 54 turquoise and white Chevy Biscayne for a 4 door pillarless 58 Buick ..deep green with a white top . Back then I thought it was over the top and the most ostentatious car I had ever seen until the 59 Cadillac convertible came along ! LOL
I can't believe it she is stunning beautiful condition, oh crickey I love her, well done awesome 😊❤
The Sunday Car, yes, I remember those days. Thou Shalt Not eat in the Sunday Car.
The current owner is “Buick Blessed” in UN-Limited amounts!
Somebody talk please?? History? Engine? How many Built?
The RH "eyebrow" molding above the headlight assembly is broken, and was not welded back together (as they were produced originally). On a restored car?
What is the G for on the transmission gear indicator?
These must be rare I have never seen one.
Aftermarket wheels and a tow hitch? What's with that? I wouldn't recommend towing anything with Flight Pitch Dyna-Flow.
:49- Imagine cleaning the bugs out of that!
magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!
That's when car's were car's not matching jellybeans just different colors. Yesterday vehicles had class style and originality.
Can you even imagine getting this sled stuck in the snow?? Pushing this baby surely would give you a hernia,.....
These big heavy cars with snow tires were pretty good in snow. I swore by old Buicks back in the day before they became too valuable to drive in bad weather.
@@1940limited I had a 1958 Chevy ,. ..that was a beast,....it probably would have run better in the snow but the tires were about shot,....and I didn't at that time have two nickels to rub together to buy new skins,.....those were the days,...
Chulada de carro y no las porquerías que ahora fabrican. Me quito el sombrero ante semejante 😍. 👏
Beautiful car. Today it's the king of plastic.
THIS BABY IS SUPER GORGEOUS OMG
GM went chrome crazy in 1958! The Cadillac may have been worse, and we had a 1958 Pontiac that was ridiculous!
Dukes it out with the new model Edsel. They went deep into the crome bag of tricks to try and trump the newest member of Ford family of fine cars.
Originally drawn with far more crome side molding the bean counters cut the supply lines of gleaming metal for practical purposes.
Not many cars where good looking in 1958. But this Buick and Cadillac were 2 that were